I had the condenser of my GTD mounted in the engine bay, on the RHS so that it received air directly from the side scoop - and it was useless - totally ineffective. Heat from the exhausts was absorbed by the condenser, so after about 15 minutes of running the aircon just stopped working!
I then moved the condenser in front of the water radiator, behind a mesh screen (designed to protect from flying stones etc. It has several dings in it after 5 years, so it is necessary).
The result is much better. The water radiator doesn't seem to be impaired, despite having 2 sources of airflow interruption, and the condenser works just fine. I also put in a trinary switch wired into the radiator fans, when the condenser fan had run all the time before.
The hot line from the pump runs through the side pod, again with no adverse effects.